88
88
Sep 27, 2012
09/12
by
CNN
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
we are working with partners and with the clinton initiative. we want to tap into the resources of many partners around the world. this is great. this is a food university. what is happening with farming is that the average age of farmers is 60. we are trying to bring cool back to farming to the university. the whole supply chain and we are bringing people around the world. we want to have it in africa. 60%. how are we going to feed them? 60% of amazing crops are stuck in africa and unused. and so we want to tap into that. we want to have it in the best way possible it is about technology and agriculture making farming cool again where young people come back into that field. >> we want female drivers for the tractors. >> hopefully yes. >> when we come back i'll ask my all-star panel is america the world leader it should be and speaking of all-stars, look at that audience. >>> big idea with our all-star panel. they are pretty fired up about health and education. your special area of interest here at the cgi is about the health and well nes. that
we are working with partners and with the clinton initiative. we want to tap into the resources of many partners around the world. this is great. this is a food university. what is happening with farming is that the average age of farmers is 60. we are trying to bring cool back to farming to the university. the whole supply chain and we are bringing people around the world. we want to have it in africa. 60%. how are we going to feed them? 60% of amazing crops are stuck in africa and unused. and...
175
175
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
WETA
tv
eye 175
favorite 0
quote 0
does want to drive-by shot, which was accurate, but it was only one, and then he gives a speech to the clinton global initiative about reforming foreign aid, for god's sake. that is a huge opportunity missed. the core problem is this un willingness to go large and bait and tackle the big issues, which if he did, he could win, but he seems reluctant to do it. >> nina? >> i will not take on charles on the merits of these arguments, although i agree that a major foreign policy speech -- i don't think it would have changed things, but it would make him look like a more serious person in some ways. but i really think that that 47% lethal now. , he has not lost, and barack obama is not a great campaigner, and it romney has been practicing and he is a pretty good campaigner -- debater. but because the 47% video was truly genuine, him talking and not knowing he was taped, and it played into every stereotype that barack obama has sought to paint about him, it has had an enormous affect. >> evan? >> being a bad politician should not necessarily hurt you at a time when people hate politicians. but romney
does want to drive-by shot, which was accurate, but it was only one, and then he gives a speech to the clinton global initiative about reforming foreign aid, for god's sake. that is a huge opportunity missed. the core problem is this un willingness to go large and bait and tackle the big issues, which if he did, he could win, but he seems reluctant to do it. >> nina? >> i will not take on charles on the merits of these arguments, although i agree that a major foreign policy speech...
186
186
Oct 2, 2012
10/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 186
favorite 0
quote 0
the president has record on manufacturing jobs since president clinton. and he noted as much during his dnc speech. >> and after a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years. >> jennifer: now in polititfacts rated that statement by president clinton as true. mitt romney's own plan would cost 800,000 u.s. jobs according to the study for american progress. the corporate tax cuts would cost the u.s., according to that study, nearly $1 trillion. all right. now the third debate topic, and the third myth that is -- we are debunking here health you will hear this over and over again. you have heard it. the memo reads $716 billion will be raided from medicare to pay for obamacare. now this is the same raiding medicare lie that romney has been pushing since august. >> romney: the president's plan cuts medicare -- excuse me -- well let's see -- there we go. by $716 billion. cut. >> jennifer: polititfact, the fact checker in looking at that statement rated it mostly false because here is the truth.
the president has record on manufacturing jobs since president clinton. and he noted as much during his dnc speech. >> and after a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years. >> jennifer: now in polititfacts rated that statement by president clinton as true. mitt romney's own plan would cost 800,000 u.s. jobs according to the study for american progress. the corporate tax cuts would cost the u.s., according to that...
155
155
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
KRCB
tv
eye 155
favorite 0
quote 0
"romney reminds you of the guy who fired tear." -- fired you." >> romney is not going to be at the clinton who feels your pain. he is not a great politician. but one of the reasons there is the stereotypes - it did not come out of nowhere -- it came out of tens of millions of dollars of ads by the obama campaign about how he handled people at bain capital. the essence of this is the other series of ads, which say that he wants to reduce taxes on the rich. romney has protested that that is not true, that he wants to reduce the tax rates on the rich. but he is committed in the reform to making sure that the share of taxes paid by the rich will not change. he it said that in interviews, but he never spelled out in a speech in a way that would get attention. the meme is that he wants to cut taxes on the rich, but the policy is that he would not. he has never actually stood up and explain it in a way that would have to command response and attention. >> there actually is away. -- a way. it is not too late. true tax reform has the effect of lowering tax rates for everybody, but all these special
"romney reminds you of the guy who fired tear." -- fired you." >> romney is not going to be at the clinton who feels your pain. he is not a great politician. but one of the reasons there is the stereotypes - it did not come out of nowhere -- it came out of tens of millions of dollars of ads by the obama campaign about how he handled people at bain capital. the essence of this is the other series of ads, which say that he wants to reduce taxes on the rich. romney has...
135
135
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the candidate himself. an anonymous romney organization top member was quoted as saying . . . and a top washington republican . . . turning to the latest swing state polls. a survey has likely voters in new hampshire backing the president a 50 to 45%. new hampshire voters also give the president a 7-point edge. in virginia the president is leading mitt romney again by two points, as does suffolk university and d.c. 12 poll. while the nevada virginia and colorado races are close, mitt romney chose to campaign today in pennsylvania. he told the crowd at the military academy. >> romney: i want to take that big cloud off of the small business world that is hang over them. three-quarters say they don't want to hire more people because of obamacare. [ cheers ] >> eliot: despite the fact that he
president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the candidate himself. an anonymous romney organization top member was quoted as saying . . . and a top washington republican . . . turning to the latest swing state polls. a survey has likely voters in new...
150
150
Oct 4, 2012
10/12
by
KNTV
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
bill clinton tried the approach that i'm talking about. we created 23 million new jobs. we went from deficit to surplus. and businesses did very well. so in some ways we've got some data on which approach is more likely to create jobs and opportunity for americans. and i believe that the economy works best when middle-class families are getting tax breaks so that they've got some money in their pockets. and those of us who've done extraordinarily well because of this magnificent country that we live in, that we can afford to do a little bit more to make sure we're not blowing up the deficit. >> jim, the president began this segment. so i think i get the last word -- >> you're going to get the first word in the next segment. >> but he gets the first word of that segment. i get the last word of that -- i hope. let me just make this comment. let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. that's point one. so you may keep referring to it as a $5 trillion tax cu
bill clinton tried the approach that i'm talking about. we created 23 million new jobs. we went from deficit to surplus. and businesses did very well. so in some ways we've got some data on which approach is more likely to create jobs and opportunity for americans. and i believe that the economy works best when middle-class families are getting tax breaks so that they've got some money in their pockets. and those of us who've done extraordinarily well because of this magnificent country that we...
176
176
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they and knowledge as it is fell from the sky. in september of 2008, all of the sudden this thing happened. as my little granddaughter would say, who did it? casper the ghost? they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny. even though i introduced legislation to pay for that war. the voted for a new entitlement program without paying one penny for it. they added another trillion dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy. what was the result. ? these are the facts. the result was by the time the rain that turned back over to barack obama and me, they had doubled the national debt in 8 years. the fourth, fifth, or six days we were in office, we were sitting in the oval office at sunset, mr. president, looking at his year's budget you are going to have a trillion dollars deficit. he said, i have not done anything yet. [laughter] he said, no mr. president, the budget they passed guarantees no matter what
when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they and knowledge as it is fell from the sky. in september of 2008, all of the sudden this thing happened. as my little granddaughter would say, who did it? casper the ghost? they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny. even though i introduced legislation to pay for that war. the voted for a new entitlement...
305
305
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 305
favorite 0
quote 0
is >> eliot: when you look back at bill clinton who we look at as one of the great politicians of the past 30 or 40 years, his sister soldier moment was when he went to the base and said i disagree with you about this. it showed a certain force of character that he would say no. and romney has never done that. >> in a sense you have to do what both clinton and obama did, and to some reagan did as well, which is to push back your base, and while at the same time say i'm just going this for the camera, i'm your map. all of the great politicians know how to do that. they have to deal with their base in that way. >> eliot: president obama got significant criticism on the first couple of years of his first term on issues such as immigration and lesbian/gay issues as well and then suddenly there when he needed the base to come back he came out in support of same-sex marriage. and that solidified him as yes, once again he is our candidate. >> that's right. >> eliot: there you see him as the nimble politician, and i think that has carried him forward. >> as with bill clinton he is enemies rig
is >> eliot: when you look back at bill clinton who we look at as one of the great politicians of the past 30 or 40 years, his sister soldier moment was when he went to the base and said i disagree with you about this. it showed a certain force of character that he would say no. and romney has never done that. >> in a sense you have to do what both clinton and obama did, and to some reagan did as well, which is to push back your base, and while at the same time say i'm just going...
114
114
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
th wnd the draft bill ed against clinton did everything he could to avoid the draft without the benefit tha mitt romney enjoyed. but heidwa anyone to go to that war. he didn't force others to go to vietnam to die in his place. li mitt romney was. young american men had terrible ot tar o serve in the e days. war. protest the draft or avoid the draft or flee the country or go to prison in defiance of the draft. going to war was not the only brch . morally centered men made each one of those choices. the amorality of mitt romney's choice was something that i had never heard of. i snot kthreas a single american man who publicly protested in favor of the war and protested in favor of the draft and then evaded that draft himself and then sat i by played in the sand of french beaches while expecting other young american men his age to go to vietnam in his place. mitt romney thinks of people taking veteran's benefits as deped dedapts on government. thinks of them as the takers. we could have had ,0 more of those takers if they hadn't been killed in vietnam when mitt romney was playing on the be
th wnd the draft bill ed against clinton did everything he could to avoid the draft without the benefit tha mitt romney enjoyed. but heidwa anyone to go to that war. he didn't force others to go to vietnam to die in his place. li mitt romney was. young american men had terrible ot tar o serve in the e days. war. protest the draft or avoid the draft or flee the country or go to prison in defiance of the draft. going to war was not the only brch . morally centered men made each one of those...
237
237
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
CNN
tv
eye 237
favorite 0
quote 0
clinton's funny. obama's funny. if you recall, george bush jr. was quite funny too. >> he was great. he went on oprah. >> he was very funny and very good thinking on his feet. >> so they're doing more like what do you and i'm thinking how are they going to stand up to vladimir putin, not how they going to stand up to whoopi goldberg. >> i know. what these presidents and presidential candidates go through is impossible to conceive. i mean you get the presidential daily briefing when you get in office and like being questioned, you said in toledo 16 days ago, you know. >> and then you have to go on leno and be funny. >> you kind of do now, yeah. i mean it's the way it is. you know, the thing about comedy is that when you give a punch line, the audience has to believe the premise of your joke in order to laugh at them. you can't educate an audience and make them laugh at the same time. so when a guy goes on tv and crack as joke and the audience laughs, that means they believe in his premise. in this cyber age it's a way of getting news. what happens
clinton's funny. obama's funny. if you recall, george bush jr. was quite funny too. >> he was great. he went on oprah. >> he was very funny and very good thinking on his feet. >> so they're doing more like what do you and i'm thinking how are they going to stand up to vladimir putin, not how they going to stand up to whoopi goldberg. >> i know. what these presidents and presidential candidates go through is impossible to conceive. i mean you get the presidential daily...
204
204
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 204
favorite 0
quote 0
clinton can do a man a lot of good. >> president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. >> all right romney in that speech had a whopper about special interest. you know what i love about this show? facts. we're going to bring you facts about his top donors. will blow your mind. hows that for fun? you know mitt romney's best friend caused this. >> it was a scramble in the end zone and then a split decision. one says touchdown another says no. >> this is comical to me, really. >> how is mitt romney related to that? i'm going to prove that. you sit right here and you'll see exactly how he's related. it turns out our government has been lying to us about civilians killed in broken strikes. i know, shocker. but this is the result. >> one of the things we heard from several people is that they didn't know what america was before drones and now what they know of america is drones, death and terror. >> here's what we do on this show whether we're going after republicans or democratics we
clinton can do a man a lot of good. >> president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. >> all right romney in that speech had a whopper about special interest. you know what i love about this show? facts. we're going to bring you facts about his top donors. will blow your mind. hows that for fun? you know mitt romney's best friend caused this. >> it was a scramble in the...
189
189
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 189
favorite 0
quote 0
jim, bob dole and myself don't see al gore and bill clinton as our enemy. we see them as our opponents. >> that was a mature and wohe exact opposite of what conservatives wanted and demanded. they were irate. kemp had betrayed them and that was the end of whatever thoughts kemp had as emergings a contender. i can see a similar moment on the horizon for ryan ervee upset and they'll be more upset if he doesn't deliver their message. after all, there are plenty of ambitious republicans who also believer in rym. that dit fhe cycle," martin bashir, take it away. >> steve kornacki, thank you so much. good afternoon. it's wednesday, september 26th. what's that stench? ♪ >> misery loves mitt. his poll numbers sink to new lows. >> the polls are not favoring mitt romney. >> there's no time off. it's around the clock kind of work. >> i don't pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day polls. >> now the bri ph ople >> we trust our internal polls. >> i'll go up or down. >> one goes one way, one dog goes the other way. >> yes, mitt's dream is going another way, too. >> th
jim, bob dole and myself don't see al gore and bill clinton as our enemy. we see them as our opponents. >> that was a mature and wohe exact opposite of what conservatives wanted and demanded. they were irate. kemp had betrayed them and that was the end of whatever thoughts kemp had as emergings a contender. i can see a similar moment on the horizon for ryan ervee upset and they'll be more upset if he doesn't deliver their message. after all, there are plenty of ambitious republicans who...
112
112
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the best domestic legislative accomplishment that could rival lyndon johnson or to be fair richard nixon. perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a unified government that will pass its preferred programs but it would be foolhardy, most observers at this time is the more or less maintenance of the status quo in which barack obama will continue to occupy the oval office as the republicans continue to patrol by reversed number of the house of representatives with the senate at this time being up for grabs. so we should be open for the possibility that the current election will fit the shakespearean description of sound and fury signifying nothing or very little with regard to domestic policy and that is what i am focusing on. perhaps not nothing. considered the conclusion of tom friedman's column on april 22nd of this past year in which he expressed great conce
bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the best domestic legislative accomplishment that could rival lyndon johnson or to be fair richard nixon. perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a unified government that will pass its preferred programs but it would be foolhardy, most observers at this time is the more or less...
186
186
Oct 1, 2012
10/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 186
favorite 0
quote 0
i was called a racist, bill clinton was called a racist. i have seen bill talk to you and others saying donald trump is a good guy. we have a good relationship and he is a good guy. i believe the hate tried he had and maybe doesn't have any more for obama was unbelievable but people are afraid to to take obama on. i don't know what it is. >> this is amazing four years later he saved the democratic convention for obama. he said in 2008 they played the race card with me and they planned it from the beginning. >> he felt that very strongly. >> you feel he did that fto you? >> he did. you mention certain things it's racist. any time you criticize obama whether it's trump or anybody else you get the ratest thing going. it's very unfair, not nice. i enjoyed, i must tell you. i love thinking about running. as you know i was doing incredibly well. people liked what i said whether it was about china or opec ripping us off or whether it was about obama. i wish he were a great president. i am a republican. if he were the greatest president i would be
i was called a racist, bill clinton was called a racist. i have seen bill talk to you and others saying donald trump is a good guy. we have a good relationship and he is a good guy. i believe the hate tried he had and maybe doesn't have any more for obama was unbelievable but people are afraid to to take obama on. i don't know what it is. >> this is amazing four years later he saved the democratic convention for obama. he said in 2008 they played the race card with me and they planned it...
56
56
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
FBC
tv
eye 56
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> we had a proposal which it was go back to clinton era rates, represented a 4.6 percentage point increase, that is 13% on people who pay earn a million a year or more. white house had a variation on that, the so-called buffett rule, a 30%. neil: people disagree with that. if rich guys like jay, disagree with that, and say, look, you already taking enough from me, you are not solving underlying spinning problems, and not getting another penny out of me, does that make them unpatriotic? >> no, that is not what he was referring, to patriotism is a modest sacrifice by very affluent people on a temporary basis. neil: do you think it is temporary? do you think a tax increase is temporary? >> that is what we proposed. neil: okay, what do you think of that, jay? are you okay with that? >> look, neil. >> i'm okay with it. neil: i know you are, jay, answer that, are you okay with that? >> well, neil, let me go down a different road, i have a number of friends in my same economic situation that are glad to pay more taxes if we had confidence that this administration would not flush it down
. >> we had a proposal which it was go back to clinton era rates, represented a 4.6 percentage point increase, that is 13% on people who pay earn a million a year or more. white house had a variation on that, the so-called buffett rule, a 30%. neil: people disagree with that. if rich guys like jay, disagree with that, and say, look, you already taking enough from me, you are not solving underlying spinning problems, and not getting another penny out of me, does that make them unpatriotic?...
170
170
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
FBC
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
wishful thinking from former president clinton during an interview last night. he revealed he could run for president again, not here. >> the only to countries i'm eligible to run for the position is if i move to the i/o and by house i can run for president ireland because of my irish heritage and because i was born in arkansas which is part of the louisiana purchase, any person anywhere in the world was born in a place that never was part of the french empire, if you live in france for six months you could run for president. lou: we have some bad news for bubble. foreign policy magazine quickly pointing out that the former president does not have irish grandparents. this heritage thing is getting complicated for the democrats. so he can't run there. french law was amended in 2006 to remove the section of what the clinton referred to, so he is all out of eligibility. however, if you would like to spend a little bit of time, the v-6 months or whenever it might be, it's something to think about. the nfl regular referees are back. the nfl and the referees union rea
wishful thinking from former president clinton during an interview last night. he revealed he could run for president again, not here. >> the only to countries i'm eligible to run for the position is if i move to the i/o and by house i can run for president ireland because of my irish heritage and because i was born in arkansas which is part of the louisiana purchase, any person anywhere in the world was born in a place that never was part of the french empire, if you live in france for...
123
123
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
>> one thing president clinton has done so successfully, he's not against wealth. he's just against hypocrisy, right? it's great -- he's for people doing well and he wants middle class people to do well. >> did you see a wildlife movie where the cougar or lion gets the antelope finally and starts to eat them. they always do it kindly. that's how bill clinton does it. >>> a number of new national polls out right now. a national journal poll found the race tied up. a national public radio has obama up by seven. these can't both be right. the latest nbc/wall street journal poll, always right, splits the voters. the new poll from nbc/wall street journal/telemundo, look at this, 50% spread, howard. >> this is a number -- >> this is the lead. >> this is a number that drives karl rove and -- >> the architect. >> the architect and most other republicans of the bush era completely crazy. >> because it was -- >> completely crazy because it's self-made. it's what mitt romney did to himself in the primaries, what the republicans did to themselves in the primary. they know unle
>> one thing president clinton has done so successfully, he's not against wealth. he's just against hypocrisy, right? it's great -- he's for people doing well and he wants middle class people to do well. >> did you see a wildlife movie where the cougar or lion gets the antelope finally and starts to eat them. they always do it kindly. that's how bill clinton does it. >>> a number of new national polls out right now. a national journal poll found the race tied up. a national...
157
157
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
en clinton was speaking earlier. thrnnctaed which has an ugly name, was one of the really good deeds of the clinton administration. he really boosted that up. and if you rember classic clinton rhetic, it was always about people who work hard and rdhe inyesle in he and so again, i think that clinton's gift for obama is he has a way of explaining what for most people are complicated and distant issues and bring them back down to earth, which is why you're right. they should keep the global initiative going. >> thanks for joinin. >> thanks. >> coming up, rupert murdoch has funded an anti-mitt romney video. o could get him to do that? the answer is in the rrite. llheand late rosio dson and we'll talk about the voter registration drive today and the other issues facing the campaign. [ engine revving ] ♪ must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authized edesenea focenafe throu
en clinton was speaking earlier. thrnnctaed which has an ugly name, was one of the really good deeds of the clinton administration. he really boosted that up. and if you rember classic clinton rhetic, it was always about people who work hard and rdhe inyesle in he and so again, i think that clinton's gift for obama is he has a way of explaining what for most people are complicated and distant issues and bring them back down to earth, which is why you're right. they should keep the global...
154
154
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
clinton is the one incumbent, clinton clearly won that debate. the other incumbent in the modern era, 1976. we've had them every four years since. the incumbents generally lost the first debates. i'm skeptical about the idea incumbent see brings it back. i see other factors in all the races. reagan blanked he was. he was 73 years old and we might have subsequently learned what that was about, you think of clinton and george bush sr. he was a better commuter. bush 2004 against john kerry. kerry was a strong debater. i don't see incumbent see aas a factor in these. >> that's fair. there's a multitude of factors that go into success in debates. the challenger in the first debate seems to perform better. one is the person the word has known for three and a half years as the president, and the other is a person they're geg to know. now this makes them equal. that's enormous and the psychological effect is hard to understatement. >> when i was running for congress, as the challenger it was hard to get the incumbent to debate me at all. that's the case
clinton is the one incumbent, clinton clearly won that debate. the other incumbent in the modern era, 1976. we've had them every four years since. the incumbents generally lost the first debates. i'm skeptical about the idea incumbent see brings it back. i see other factors in all the races. reagan blanked he was. he was 73 years old and we might have subsequently learned what that was about, you think of clinton and george bush sr. he was a better commuter. bush 2004 against john kerry. kerry...
123
123
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
bill clinton, bubba? well, both president obama and mitt romney spoke at the clinton global initiative up in new york today and that's ahead. they're all genuflecting to the big guy, elvis. he's back. watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." one thing came through loud and clear today at the clinton global initiative up in new york, bill clinton is the man to see. he's so influential mitt romney took time away from the campaign trail to attend the meeting up there today. president obama, too, praised the former president. let's listen to president obama. >> i am grateful for your friendship and your extraordinary leadership, and i think i speak for the entire country when we say that you continue to be a great treasure for all of us. >> so what will the power of bill clinton mean for the 2012 election looking ahead for six weeks and beyond? john heilemann is new york magazine national affairs editor and an msnbc contributor. and i must give you congratulations, john. i
bill clinton, bubba? well, both president obama and mitt romney spoke at the clinton global initiative up in new york today and that's ahead. they're all genuflecting to the big guy, elvis. he's back. watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." one thing came through loud and clear today at the clinton global initiative up in new york, bill clinton is the man to see. he's so influential mitt romney took time away from the campaign...
90
90
Sep 27, 2012
09/12
by
CNN
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
clinton yesterday and sat down with my cgi panel. the saudi philanthropistens ameerah al-taweel, deepak chopra, recording artist will.i.am and retired general wesley clark. >> ameerah al-taweel, let me start with you. you come from saudi where you have been in the vanguard of promoting women's rights in a country not renowned for that over the last few centuries. how important is it to you to be doing this in saudi arabia? >> i think women's rights not only at the van guard of what we need to focus on in saudi arabia and also the region. the strongest form of empowering women in the region and more specifically saudi arabia is economic independence. once a woman is counting on herself, she will not put up with a lot of things that you see in the media. if you are talking about numbers, a lot of people focus about women and driving in saudi arabia. but not being able to drive has not stopped us from developing. 120 billion saudi reals in and 8 billion in investments are pumped by saudi women. all of these women work. all are passionat
clinton yesterday and sat down with my cgi panel. the saudi philanthropistens ameerah al-taweel, deepak chopra, recording artist will.i.am and retired general wesley clark. >> ameerah al-taweel, let me start with you. you come from saudi where you have been in the vanguard of promoting women's rights in a country not renowned for that over the last few centuries. how important is it to you to be doing this in saudi arabia? >> i think women's rights not only at the van guard of what...
101
101
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 101
favorite 0
quote 0
that's hillary clinton's call. i would have recommended being in the hall to have a higher-ranking official there. >> why wouldn't they want to do that? am i just way too sensitive about this? with all the sort of problems that -- that the president obama has seemingly had with the prime minister, why wouldn't we want to show huge respect, especially yesterday after ahmadinejad speaking on yom kippur and the slights that the israelis have had the last few days? >> you know, that's a question that goes to a course of conduct by the obama administration for 3 1/2 years of utter disdain for both prime minister netanyahu and the state of israel. and it is simply one more brick in the wall of the case that the president's perfectly prepared to isolate israel and does not hold the israel/u.s. relationship in the high regard of every other president since harry s. truman. so i think it's in line with the administration's effort to distance itself, which has been manifest so many ways. >> it may be just bad manners and pal
that's hillary clinton's call. i would have recommended being in the hall to have a higher-ranking official there. >> why wouldn't they want to do that? am i just way too sensitive about this? with all the sort of problems that -- that the president obama has seemingly had with the prime minister, why wouldn't we want to show huge respect, especially yesterday after ahmadinejad speaking on yom kippur and the slights that the israelis have had the last few days? >> you know, that's a...
120
120
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 120
favorite 0
quote 0
hillary clinton actually gets up every day thinking about public policy. barack obama gets up every day thinking about barack obama. i mean, they're very different approaches to life. i think those of us who are his critics need to get over and understand, this who is president. this is a man who in the age of false celebritihood is sort of the perfect president, because he's a false president. he's a guy who doesn't do the president's job. he's had 39% of the briefings on intelligence, the daily briefings. he goes to las vegas while there's an attack on banghazi. >> bill: i give him a pass on that, because you don't want terrorists to think they've disrupted. i'm critical of the fact that he's not meeting with presidents that would be routine in new york. >> let's put it this way, then. for 10 days after the banghazi attack, the obama administration denied it was a terrorist attack. >> bill: that's a different issue. >> after carney said that morning, okay, now everybody concedes it's a terrorist attack, the same afternoon obama went back to the, oh, it's
hillary clinton actually gets up every day thinking about public policy. barack obama gets up every day thinking about barack obama. i mean, they're very different approaches to life. i think those of us who are his critics need to get over and understand, this who is president. this is a man who in the age of false celebritihood is sort of the perfect president, because he's a false president. he's a guy who doesn't do the president's job. he's had 39% of the briefings on intelligence, the...
77
77
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 77
favorite 0
quote 0
that was dumb by clinton -- that was done by clinton. i think you could imagine -- you can do serious health care reform. even obamacare will depend on the states doing some things. governors understand those issues. >> i think governor romney would be in a position to instinctively understand the culture of governors, how to harness them. >> other questions? >> you stated that the president has an opportunity to set a framework. congress has been addressed a lot, and things like filibuster reform or the inability for congress to push major reforms or bills. will romney be more successful in that, or is a new congress, do they have an opportunity -- does it happen internally? >> i think this is where the executive branch has enormous power to set the agenda and to frame the issues. my only come in here would be simplify, simplify, simplify. when you are an executive position like governor, which i assume is much like the presidency, you have to simplify your list of things you are taking before the american people. your ability to get th
that was dumb by clinton -- that was done by clinton. i think you could imagine -- you can do serious health care reform. even obamacare will depend on the states doing some things. governors understand those issues. >> i think governor romney would be in a position to instinctively understand the culture of governors, how to harness them. >> other questions? >> you stated that the president has an opportunity to set a framework. congress has been addressed a lot, and things...
135
135
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan and bill clinton. say your opponent's record is bad and still be optimistic about america and i think both of these guys forget to think that the president's a little better on it. romney is an optimistic guy. he will be better for himself if he focuses on optimism. >> talk about strength. >> the republican strategist talks about this all the time. the moments that matter are moments where you do something to show that you're a strong leader and either by implication or a frontal attack the other person is not as strong. reagan and clinton are masters of this, through their demeanor, ceasing the moment, it will be played over and over again of strength, not weakness. >> my real prickish question, a difficult one. the alien from abroad, and he looked at it and said, who is that guy? and he said, it's romney. it seems to be out of the normal conduct of people thaw meet. it seems odd. >> all of the polls have said two to one that they expect obama to outperform romney. so in that sense if he gets up there
ronald reagan and bill clinton. say your opponent's record is bad and still be optimistic about america and i think both of these guys forget to think that the president's a little better on it. romney is an optimistic guy. he will be better for himself if he focuses on optimism. >> talk about strength. >> the republican strategist talks about this all the time. the moments that matter are moments where you do something to show that you're a strong leader and either by implication...
40
40
tv
eye 40
favorite 0
quote 0
because ever since bill clinton was elected president republicans have been committed to a strategy of deed legitimizing any democratic president to try to nail clinton on a number of things beginning with whitewater it finally found something when monica lewinsky came around and clinton lied about all the mentally they failed to remove the president as the senate refused to kick clinton out of office sense in that the american people believed that it had really all gone way too far but when barack obama moved into the white house in two thousand and nine publicans dusted off that same old strategy of de legitimization and they didn't waste any time even before the president was installed into office there were questions about his legitimacy where was he born what was his religion and he pals around with terrorists then and night in two thousand and nine over a dozen prominent republicans met at the caucus room steak house in washington d.c. to plot how they would ruin the obama presidency eric cantor paul ryan tom coburn jim de mint they were all there and they pledged to each other t
because ever since bill clinton was elected president republicans have been committed to a strategy of deed legitimizing any democratic president to try to nail clinton on a number of things beginning with whitewater it finally found something when monica lewinsky came around and clinton lied about all the mentally they failed to remove the president as the senate refused to kick clinton out of office sense in that the american people believed that it had really all gone way too far but when...
138
138
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 138
favorite 0
quote 0
end of october, though clinton eventually won. a former clinton pollster is questioning the assumptions being made in today's polls. >> these polls are assuming that you have the same high level of african american, latino, and young people vote in 2012 that you had in 2008. >> obama campaign senior advisor david axelrod told fox, "public polls are widely variant in their sampling and methodology so it's hard to case when they all point in one direction they're all wrong, but we are planning for a close race as we always have." another democratic strategist offered this assessment -- >> the race isn't over. look, this thing can move back and forth three or four times between now and november 6th. if i'm romney, you try to create that momentum. he saw a sign to do it. >> of the eight presidential races in the past 10 where the leads were cut or flipped by the opponent, the average of the comebacks was roughly 5%. in some cases it was a debate that moved the needle. harris? >> mike, thank you of the let's go to syria where the u.n.
end of october, though clinton eventually won. a former clinton pollster is questioning the assumptions being made in today's polls. >> these polls are assuming that you have the same high level of african american, latino, and young people vote in 2012 that you had in 2008. >> obama campaign senior advisor david axelrod told fox, "public polls are widely variant in their sampling and methodology so it's hard to case when they all point in one direction they're all wrong, but...
174
174
Oct 1, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 174
favorite 0
quote 0
hillary clinton, i think our own candy crowley can attest hillary clinton doesn't do talk shows often. i think hillary clinton has been doing this a really long time and knows what it looks like is not going to be what ends up being true, even the next day or in the end. it was caution on her part she wasn't the one and there are those who think she was put in a bad position. >> thank you very much. "outfront" tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee and good to see you. appreciate you're taking the time. obviously, now hearing as elyse has been able to confirm there were a decision made. and given to the american people. why did that happen? >> well, i can't say why, but that's incredibly disturbing information. this was not barack obama's ambassador, the democratic am boss darr. it was the american ambassador. this was a terror rest attack against the united states that took the life of our u.s. ambassador and three very distinguished embassy employees. americans deserve is truth. what happened. the reason that's so important isn't for the political fodder, but this
hillary clinton, i think our own candy crowley can attest hillary clinton doesn't do talk shows often. i think hillary clinton has been doing this a really long time and knows what it looks like is not going to be what ends up being true, even the next day or in the end. it was caution on her part she wasn't the one and there are those who think she was put in a bad position. >> thank you very much. "outfront" tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee and good to...
211
211
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 211
favorite 0
quote 0
clinton did his thing on his own. and the public saw his warmth and his ability to connect with people and they liked that. george bush blew that question you showed a part of. that was the good part of his answer, but when he first heard the question, he was like, i don't get it and people remember that he said i don't get it. and that was about the economy. and that's what people were feeling and hurting. >> when we talk about the fact you were the last female journalist to have access to a presidential debate like this and would you remind everybody that gwen eiffel moderated the '04 debate, an honor, but not a game changer, but you did write a piece -- we have candy crowley, who has the duties for one of these debates. you say don't forget, you will be treated differently because you are a woman. how is it different for women or minority moderators, when it comes to those tough questions on a woman's right to choose. is there an extra cautious line women need to take in asking that? >> she's not going to have the
clinton did his thing on his own. and the public saw his warmth and his ability to connect with people and they liked that. george bush blew that question you showed a part of. that was the good part of his answer, but when he first heard the question, he was like, i don't get it and people remember that he said i don't get it. and that was about the economy. and that's what people were feeling and hurting. >> when we talk about the fact you were the last female journalist to have access...
154
154
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> bill clinton was on the other side of that equation while debating another 73 year old. this one was former senator bob dole. clinton handled the issue this way. >> i don't think senator bill is too old to be president. it's the age of his ideas that i question. >> so we'll have to wait and see if there is a memorable moment tonight that can shape the final month of the race. sometimes it is a one liner. sometimes it is a facial expression. >>> white house soup of the day. that is good soup. i wish i were eating it today. coconut shrimp. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. with a vial and syringe. me, explaining what i was doing at breakfast. and me discovering novolog mix 70/30 flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your pre-mix insulin. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coo
. >> bill clinton was on the other side of that equation while debating another 73 year old. this one was former senator bob dole. clinton handled the issue this way. >> i don't think senator bill is too old to be president. it's the age of his ideas that i question. >> so we'll have to wait and see if there is a memorable moment tonight that can shape the final month of the race. sometimes it is a one liner. sometimes it is a facial expression. >>> white house soup...
190
190
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 190
favorite 0
quote 0
but clinton is so popularight now, particularly among swing voters, that even aew pictures with clinton might ta le ofeff obama's advantage. not much, but a little bit. so it was a smart thing for him to do. >> let's listen t bill clinton on cnn a short time ago talking about mitt romney and his 47% comment. ubn on that 47% remark, that will cause difficulties because we now know that the overwhelming number of those people work and have children. until the current electn se,ubns a democrats supported both the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit. this is a rejection of basically more than thre decades of bipartisan policy to support work and family. it's not a bunch of free los. ar finney, the 47% are still controlling every hour of this presidential campaign now. >> indeed. but i've got to say one thing about the idea othe bounce. because a couple of days from now with the romney team yet again has not calculated, we'll all beking abo not even bill clinton could save mitt romney. i have no doubt in my mind. but yeah. imean, look. remember president clinton,ike president o
but clinton is so popularight now, particularly among swing voters, that even aew pictures with clinton might ta le ofeff obama's advantage. not much, but a little bit. so it was a smart thing for him to do. >> let's listen t bill clinton on cnn a short time ago talking about mitt romney and his 47% comment. ubn on that 47% remark, that will cause difficulties because we now know that the overwhelming number of those people work and have children. until the current electn se,ubns a...